Fund-raiser launched to restore student mural

A Chronicle story about an accidentally painted-over mural at a San Francisco school has spurred a reader to launch a fund-raising campaign to help students restore their artwork.

San Jose resident Jessie Quirion said he felt he needed to help after reading the story about the mural at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 school. Students had just put some finishing touches on in May. Workers, erroneously instructed by parents and administrators, painted over it a few weeks later.

The day the article appeared, Quirion created the aptly named “Help Restore Student Constructed Mural That Was Obliterated” campaign on indiegogo.com (www.indiegogo.com/Student-Mural)